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Motha
Saint Thomas and the Common Good
In Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic political philosophy, the common good is a key concept. But, it often seems to us moderns like an impossibly gassy abstraction.
Yesterday, I came across a nice summary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ teachings on the common good, which I think can help. See’s
Hey Buddy
The Long View 2008-12-29: Happy New Year
John J. Reilly was a big proponent of public order, or what post-liberals right now term the common good. John was in favor of universal healthcare because he deemed it a public good, rather than a right. Building, and perhaps more importantly, maintaining all the vast infrastructure of manufacturing and
Preggie Padme
Linkfest 2022-05-12: To Be A Man
Alastair’s Adversaria: A Crisis of Discourse—Part 2: A Problem of Gender
I read this a number of years ago, and I came upon it again in the course of another discussion. It is still great.
Spotted Toad: The Coin Flip
I count the Speckled Amphibian as a Facts